The competition program of the World Women's Boxing Championship is quite thick. One day after winning Chinese boxers Zhao Xuan, Vo Thi Kim Anh entered the next match. Kim Anh's opponent, Zeynab Rahimova, representative of Azerbaijan, a fairly strong boxer.
Zeynab Rahimova is 22 years old, but has a good achievement in many international tournaments in recent years. She reached the 1/8 round of the World Women's Boxing Championship 2023 (winning the first 2 matches), the third round of the first Olympic qualifying round, the quarterfinals of the European Championship 2024, the third round of the second Olympic qualifying round.
Before the match against Kim Anh, Zeynab Rahimova excelled over another strong boxer, Ekaterina Sycheva, the European championship bronze medal of 2022. Azerbaijan boxer owned a good height, and the ability to be stubborn when on the radio. That turned Rahimova into a great obstacle for Kim Anh.
Entering the match with Rahimova, Kim Anh entered quite well. Vietnamese boxers often take advantage in the opposite situations. That helped Kim Anh were won by 4/5 of the winning assessment in the first half. But in the second half, Rahimova played better and was given 3/5 of the victory assessment.
The situation of the match now is quite complicated. After the first 2 rounds, the total score is 2-1-2 (2 people marking Kim Anh Thang, 1 dot Rahimova, 2 people). The chance to win at this time is divided equally among both boxers, provided that one of the two must dominate in the third half.
Kim Anh is the one who captured that advantage. After having a inferior part in the second half, Kim Anh returned to the strong blow complex. This helps Vietnamese fighters are confident about a beneficial result for themselves right after the match closed, and the transcript showed that.
Of the 5 scoring assessments, the result was 3-2 (29-28, 27-30, 30-27, 28-29, 30-27) in favor of Kim Anh. According to the tournament regulations, the matches with a score of 3-2 have 2 supervision to review the situation and dot the same. This time, both supervisors dotted Kim Anh Thang, the total final point was 5-2.
The victory over Zeynab Rahimova helped Vo Thi Kim Anh become the second Vietnamese boxer to enter the quarterfinals of the World Women's Boxing Championship 2025. Previously, Ha Thi Linh entered the round. Kim Anh's opponent in the next match was Widad Bertal, the No. 1 seed Morocco.